XXXII, Gardens and Coffee-House of the Villa Albani Cardinal Alessandro Albani, Architect. A.D. 17-?
Photograph
1859 (photographed)
1859 (photographed)
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A mounted photograph of formal gardens arranged around a central fountain. In the background is an arcaded building.
Object details
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| Title | XXXII, Gardens and Coffee-House of the Villa Albani Cardinal Alessandro Albani, Architect. A.D. 17-? (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Pietro Dovizielli, 'Gardens and Coffee house of the Villa Albani, Cardinal Alessandro Albani, Architect, Rome', albumen print, ca. 1859 |
| Physical description | A mounted photograph of formal gardens arranged around a central fountain. In the background is an arcaded building. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'XXXII. Gardens and Coffe-house of the Villa Albani, Cardinal Alessandro Albani, Architect. A.D. 17--?' (printed label, bottom left mount) |
| Gallery label | Cast Courts Reinstallation, 27 November 2018
14. FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPH OF
‘XXXII. Gardens and coffee-house of the Villa Albani. Cardinal Alessandro Albani Architect. AD. 17-?’
Pietro Dovezielli, 1859
This photograph is one of a set commissioned by Henry Cole to inform the architecture of the South Kensington Museum. Cole was quick to see the uses of photography and in 1859 he requested photographs depicting Italian architecture to inspire the architects and designers working on buildings. We can still see the influences in the archades and coloonnades around the Museum today.
REPRODUCED FROM
Albumen print
Rome, Italy
Museum no. 38314
(27 November 2018) |
| Production | From a set commissioned by Henry Cole in 1859 to document Roman architecture as reference material for the building projects at the South Kensington Museum. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Barnes, Martin and Christopher Whitehead, ‘The ‘Suggestiveness’ of Roman Architecture: Henry Cole and Pietro Dovizielli’s Photographic Survey of 1859’, Architectural History, 41 (1998), pp. 192-207. |
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| Accession number | 38314 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2015 |
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